European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday october 25,1990 stateside scarecrow prank leaves Motorist fatally injured Davison Mich. Apr a Highway prank proved lethal when a frightened Driver was fatally injured after swerving to avoid a scarecrow dangled from an overpass. Tracey Ann Pearson 28, of Clio was driving along interstate 69 in Genesee county on monday night when she became startled by the Hay stuffed Dummy which appeared to be standing in the Road Davison township police said tuesday. Pearson swerved into a ditch her car rolled Over and she was tossed out and fatally injured officer Donald Brock said. The scarecrow had been stolen from the Lawn of a House about three Miles from the Accident site Brock said. The culprits if caught could face charges of negligent homicide he  toll keeper ranks As Quick change artist Tampa Fla. Apr a Man in a toll keeper a uniform cheerfully greeted motorists made change and wrote receipts on a Busy expressway for several hours before co workers realized he was an impostor. A the was actually pretty Good a said Richard Gilkison who noticed when the stranger showed up Bright and Early to take 15-cent tolls at the Crosstown expressway on Friday morning. Instead of jail police took the impostor to a homeless shelter. They did not identify him. House committee approves $10 billion for a amp a bailout would provide new financing for the bailout Benr u ginning its Long awaited recess which is exec thu e by after it completes work on the Federal budget a Timp in Man info nut Tuio a Washington not a following More than a week of bickering Between lawmakers and the Bush administration the House banking committee on tuesday approved spending an additional $10 billion through february to continue the bailout of the savings and loan Industry. The authorization approved by voice vote came after disagreements Between the committee chairman rep. Henry b. Gonzalez a Texas and Treasury Secretary Nicholas f. Brady that have entered less on the substance of the financing than on its politics coming so near election Day. Resolution Trust corp. Is virtually out of Cash and regulators have told Congress that they will be forced to a substantial slowdown in the Pace of resolving the financial plight of scores of institutions unless they receive More Money soon. In response the Bush administration proposed $40 billion for the next 12 months. But in recent weeks it has steadfastly refused to Send a representative to Congress to explain before the cameras How it wants to use this Money and How the bailout has been faring. While they acknowledge that new financing is imminently needed to keep the costs of the bailout from further increasing neither democrats nor republicans want to be blamed by voters for providing More Money for a cleanup that has been roundly criticized for being too costly inefficient and wasteful. As a result aides in the House and Senate said that despite tuesdays vote it was not certain that Congress Quot time is running out. This stuff is complicated Hedv wants to  with it a  and nobody wants to Deal with it a said one aide working so a a it a a v regulators have already begun to draw us ,. In tinier in Pratiner pig Antian plans q the package who asked not to be identified a a its difficult thing politically to get done  1 s a very continue operating Resolution Trust corp even f r t0 Gress does not approve the new funds a the Aop would still be Able to seize savings institutions that 5 financially crippled but it would be unable to is close most of those institutions or the 204 Alre Riv .17 its rent Rel i Thant a ure Uay under financially crippled but it would be unable to sen close most of those institutions a its control without new funds. Brady whose latest bailout request was for $40 Iii a Over the next 12 months has repeatedly declined ? quests to appear before the committee to justify a expenditure and answer questions about the Rescue Treasury officials have said they would support Imp pm financing for a six month period but they have z insisted that $10 billion is insufficient to continue to bailout at the current Pace. If tuesdays measure is ultimately approved by the House and Senate the Bush administration would have to go Back to Congress Early next year to seek More funds. That would be More politically palatable Beau it would occur after the elections. Two weeks ago after virtually no debate the Senate banking committee approved the administrations $40 billion request. Of stick in the mud Humphrey finally freed san Francisco up Humphrey the wrong Way whale who just m. ? ing him up so divers could she the Ham san Francisco up Humphrey the wrong Way whale who just seems to like san Francisco is on his Way after once again wandering in from the Ocean and getting stuck in the mud. The 40-ton endangered Humpback whale who caught the attention of the world in 1985 when he led would be rescuers on a 25-Day sojourn through Northern californians Inland Waterways was freed tuesday after spending two Days stranded in san Francisco Bay a South Basin. On monday while several thousand people watched coast guard boats and volunteers in dinghies slipped a harness Over Humphreys body. With the help of High tide they pulled him Tail first out of the tidal Flat and into deeper water. But he played it True to form and headed the wrong Way beaching himself again on a Muddy Bank. Pei Gin Barrett of the nearby Marine mammal Center said Rescue workers teased and prodded Humphrey even covering his blow Hole to irritate him into action. It did no to work. At the next High tide tuesday afternoon volunteers pumped compressed air into the mud beneath Humphrey lift Lii ii n mail Humphrey sends up Spray tuesday while heading out of san Francisco Bay. Ing him up so divers could slip the harm on. While scientists played taped wha feeding songs Humphrey was Fina pulled free by a coast guard ship Poi de in the right direction and herded Ward the open Ocean. A the sad part is that he a endanger and an adult and capable of making me of them Humpback whale but tha not what he a interested in a Springer St of the 10-year-old animal. The big Humpback identified As Hui prey by the unique shape and Markin on his belly and dorsal Fin was discover to be stranded in about 2vi feet of wat at Daybreak monday. The sight of t beached Humpback created a traffic a of Leviathan proportions As motor slowed and gawked. Volunteers sloshed water Over Hui prey to keep his exposed skin wet. Duri the course of the Day the giant creature % draped with Large towels that were co stantly soaked with water to keep him w and his body temperature Down. A blood test showed Humphrey w healthy but without the buoyancy of Dei a water a creature so huge could suffer under its own weight. Under its own weight. Mother who locked child in trunk Cir reste Newark. . Fall a unman a Lin  c in.  i Newark . Apr a woman who told police she locked her child in the trunk of a car every weekend for a month while she was at work has been charged with criminal restraint. Chante Fernandez 24, of Elizabeth told police and reporters she did it out of desperation. She said she had been abandoned by her husband and was unable to find anyone responsible to care for her 5-year-old daughter while she worked weekends at a shopping mall. Her arrest saturday has focused attention on daycare options As legislators and some state welfare officials criticized the system for failing poor families. If convicted of criminal restraint Fernandez faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $7,500 Tine. According to police Fernandez said she had kept the child in the car during weekends for the past month while she worked As a Sale clerk in the Fortunoff store in the Woodbudge Center mall. Fernandez reportedly told police she kept the child in the car after firing three baby Sitters because they had stolen her food invited guests to her Home and left her daughter unattended. Roberta Francis director of the division on women for the state department of Community affairs said she disapproved of the action but noted Fernandez believed she had Little Choice. De the Mother a had no other option but to do that a Francis said. A it was a catch-22. Society should tit people into a catch-22 situation and our reaction she did t0 completely blame the Mother for what Fernandez who is free on $5,000 bail was arrested Frunk o7a ?87 inv my a Dree Paja Quot la it lad child in the a 19�7 try to Ceca in the mall parking lot the child who was in Good condition was taken into custody by the state division of youth and family ser ices pending an investigation into the charges. Mandez said she was notified tuesday that she was fired from her $300-a-week secretarial Job at the Central lumber management co. In Elizabeth. A woman who answered the company a telethon a tuesday refused to discuss the Case or refer the Calno someone who would. Fernandez said she earned $160 on weekends As a Saleswoman at the Fortunoff store at the mall. Fortunoff officials on tuesday confirmed that she had worked at the store but refused to say whether is Maine with the company. Fernandez said her husband left her her father 10 �?nvai7 an Leer House had been robbed three Tii lost Evelyth Ilavu Anyta no now a Fernandez said. Legislators and social service officials say the demonstrates the Lack of child care for poor to families. A Bill that would provide $75,000 in s Oward the construction and expansion of child centers was introduced in 1988, said state sen. By Lyman a Essex the Bill a sponsor. The legislation is pending. A it Tver a it Zeba facilities Are lacking a said lip trunk we re. Working hard to Correct that Butje i a children Are rapidly being left on the  a others have no child care because an t afford it. Its hard to Correct the  Moroses of the Community co Fri friars of Union county said there is Day  Seeh it. The Agency is a Day care ref us she said person were really lookin8> they would